Sphalerite ex Wes Parker Coll.

Wudong Mine, Liubao, Wuzhou Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
Cabinet, 13.0 x 8.6 x 5.8 cm
Start Time: 11/05/2009 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 11/12/2009 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Lustrous, jet-black, sphalerite crystals, some twinned, form a showy and very rich CABINET zinc ore specimen from from the well-known Wudong Mine of China. This lead-zinc mine is much better known as the source of the rhodochrosites currently coming from China. The bit of bruising is noted, but it is nothing to detraction. There is rhodochrosite on the back, which confirms the source. Ore specimens are very rare from this locality. Ex Wes Parker Collection.

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